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Compulsion: Full Cast & Crew 1959 Crime/Drama
Sociopathic students Artie Straus (Bradford Dillman) and Judd Steiner (Dean Stockwell) murder a boy in a philosophical exercise to commit the flawless crime. Despite their precautions, one of them inadvertently left a key piece of evidence at the crime scene, and they have been arrested and put on trial. It's up to their nationally famous attorney (Orson Welles) to save these misguided souls from execution. The film is based on the infamous Leopold and Loeb case of 1924. Released: Apr 1, 1959 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

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Richard Fleischer Director Orson Welles Jonathan Wilk Actor Dean Stockwell Judd Steiner Actor Bradford Dillman Arthur A. Straus Actor Diane Varsi Ruth Evans Actor E.G. Marshall District Attorney Harold Horn Actor Martin Milner Sid Brooks Actor Richard Anderson Max Steiner Actor Robert F. Simon Police Lt. Johnson Actor Brian Clark Screenwriter Richard D. Zanuck Producer William C. Mellor Cinematographer William Reynolds Film Editing Lionel Newman Original Music Mark-Lee Kirk Art Director Lyle R. Wheeler Art Director Eli Benneche Set Decoration Walter M. Scott Set Decoration Adele Costume Design